Rumi Jeraj is an Ismailli muslim hailing from Sherwood Park Alberta (the world’s largest hamlet). A Graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University Rumi has worked for dance artists including Hanna Kiel, Daryl Tracy, Heidi Strauss, and Eilish Shin-Culhane. Over the past year he has presented his work at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Night Shift and Dusk Dances. Outside of contemporary dance, Rumi has a practice as a Tap Dancer often collaborating with local Jazz musicians. He aspires to create and be a part of work which mixes forms in order to better tell stories. He believes there is a perfect balance between words, music, and movement which can communicate intellectually, emotionally and viscerally all at once. He aspires to find this state on stage.